Web-fastening for suspenders



(NoModeL) v 7 F. A. BURNAM.

WEB FASTENING FOB. SUSPENDERS.

No. 523,804. Patented July. 31, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

FELDER A. BURNAM, or MEDINA, NEW YORK.

WEB-FASTENING FOR SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,804, dated July 31,1894. Application filed May 10, 1394-. Serial No. 510,743- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, FELDER A. BURNAM, a citizen of the United dina, inthe county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Web-Fastenings for Suspenders; and I dohereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1, is a view ofthe back portion of a pair of suspenders provided with my improved webfastening. Fig.2, is a view showing how the web fastening adjusts itselfwhen one web is under greater strain than the other; the dotted linerepresenting the line of strain which is exerted on one member of thefastening in the line of its longitudinal movement and not laterally atan angle thereto as has heretofore been done.

My invention relates to that class of web fastenings which comprise twooblong wire loops placed side by side and connected by a slide at theirinner sides, and the object of the invention is to so improve suchfastenings that the strain will be exerted on the two loopslongitudinally or in the direction of their movement in adjustingthemselves when the webs are unequally strained.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

A, represents the Web fastener as an entirety. The fastener is formed oftwo wire loops A A having the contour of a segment of a circle andarranged with their oppositely curved sides aadjacent to each other; thesaid curved sides being connected bya sleeve B the bore or passage ofwhich is curved in opposite direction to conform'to the curved sides aof the loops and permit of free movement.

The upper cross pieces or bars a of the loops A A are inclineddownwardly and out wardly in opposite directions'while the lower crosspieces or bars a incline upwardly and States, residing at Meoutwardly inopposite directions. These bars or cross pieces a a thusafiord widebearings for the suspender webbing O O and are at right angles to theends thereof and to the line of strain.

The ends of the wires forming the loops A are permanently connected atthe upper or lower cross bars a a by sleeves a It will be seen that whenthe parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the right hand web isunder the greater strain, that the draft or strain will be applied tothe right hand loop in the direction of its length which will cause itto adjust itself to the position shown in Fig. 2, and thus avoid nearlyall lateralpull or strain on the curved member a and the sleeve B sothat there is no tendency to break the loops and sleeve apart.

A longitudinal strain on one web 0 will impart the same to the loop A towhich it is connected and this loop will in turn exert a longitudinalpull on the lower web section or end 0'. The webbings G O are connectedto the loops by strips 0 folded. around the inclined cross bars andstitched to the Webbings.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture a web fastening for selfadjusting suspenders consisting in the two elongated loops A A havingtheir inner adjacent sides a a, oppositely curved, a sleeve B of lesslength than said sides a and having oppositely curved openings orpassages through which said sides are free to move; the top bars a, a ofsaid loops being inclined downwardly and outwardly in oppositedirections and of a length to permit the attachment of the webbingthereto, and the lower bars a a being inclined outwardly and upwardlyand of a width to permit of connecting the lower back portions of thewebbing thereto, substantially as herein described.

2. The herein described self adjusting suspenders consisting in the mainor shoulder webs G O, the segmental loops A A, the up per outwardly anddownwardly extending bars a a of the loops, substantially as herein barsa, a of which are connected to the rear described.

ends of said webs, the double curved sleeve through which the adjacentoppositely curved 5 side bars a a of the loops are free to move,Witnesses:

and the lower rear webs O 0 depending from OLIVER B. WI-IEDON,

the lower upwardly and outwardly extending CHARLES WHEDON.

FELDER A. BURNAM.

